MIAMI BEACH, FL - DECEMBER 04: Neneh Cherry performs live at White Cube & Soho Beach House Party with Bombay Sapphire during Art Basel Miami 2018 on December 4, 2018 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Andrew Toth/Getty Images for Soho House )Getty

Here are the highlights of Miami Art Week 2018:

Art Basel in Miami Beach

Several works went for more than $1 million at the 17th edition of Miami Art Week’s main fair. A 1963 Lee Krasner painting sold for $3.6 million at Kasmin, while a new painting by George Condo went for $1.1 million at Skarstedt. At Matthew Marks, a 2014 work by Martin Puryear was purchased for approximately $1 million.

Prada Throws the Best Party

Prada Mode—a cultural platform that included art, fashion, food, and music at the Freehand Miami Beach while immersed in an installation by Theaster Gates—hosted the best party during Art Basel in Miami Beach on its closing night on December 6. Venus Williams, Kwavo, Emma Roberts, and Kanye West all showed up to the party, which followed an exclusive dinner, to watch Theaster Gates and the Black Monks of Mississippi perform their soulful sounds.

The Jamaican artist Ebony G. Patterson had quite a week at Art Basel in Miami Beach, starting with a party thrown by Louboutin and Swizz Beatz at the Pérez Art Museum Miami to celebrate her exhibition, ...while the dew is still on the roses…, there. Theaster Gates and David Adjaye also selected a piece by the rising artist for the (RED) Auction, while another work was showcased at the Christian Louboutin Design District boutique. On December 7, Kickstarter feted the Patterson with a dinner complete with tablecloths and centerpieces by the artist.

White Cube Brings Back a Classic at Soho Beach House

White Cube tapped '90s legend Neneh Cherry to perform inside a tent on the beach at its annual Art Basel in Miami Beach party at Soho Beach House.The singer and rapper closed off the night with her iconic song Buffalo Stance.

Adam Lindemann's Blockchain Conference

Speakers like Hans Ulrich Obrist and Marc Glimcher pondered over the way blockchain technology will affect the art world at the Faena Annex on December 4 at The Art of Blockchains, a blockchain conference organized by collector and dealer Adam Lindemann and ARTBLX.

The (RED) Auction Raises $10.5 Million For The Fight Against AIDS

Bono hosted the third (RED) Auction at the Moore Building on December 5, which raised $10.5 million for the fight against AIDS. “One of the things I love about (RED) is that it’s our goal to make it go away,” said developer Craig Robins, who graciously donated the venue. “So you don’t need it anymore, and I feel like we’re really on the verge of the time where that can happen in the next five years, and so it’s super exciting for us just to have this team.”

Berluti Partners With a Picasso

Berluti sprouted up a special pop-up shop in the Design District that launched with Pablo Picasso’s grandson, Olivier Widmaier Picasso, holding a book signing for the launch of the English version of his book, Picasso: An Intimate Portrait. The next day, he hosted an intimate lunch at his South Beach high rise apartment.

DiCaprio Eyes a Dinosaur

Page Six reported that Leonardo Dicaprio was eyeing $2.5 million in dinosaurs at Art Miami.

Faena Festival Makes an Impact

The Faena hosted a number of public art installations, including America’s Playground by Derrick Adams, Sora Versailles by Miya Ando, We Belong Here by Tavares Strachan, and Alfredo Jaar’s A Logo for America.

The Swedish perfumer with a cult following opened its first Miami store, a temporary location in the Design District with an installation designed by its founder, Ben Gorham. Now Floridians have a place to shop for their favorite Byredo scents, like Blanche, Super Cedar, and Mojave Ghost.

Good to Know

@good_to_know.fyi reminded us what Miami Art Week should be all about: the artists. Juliana Steiner, Alex Valls, and Julianna Vezzetti, the trio behind curatorial collective Good To Know, held a pop-up exhibition, “Bodega y Mas,” that featured a deconstructed pinata that commented on Cuban migration by Paulo Licona, and a project by Reynier Leyva Novo consisting of clothes from Cuban migrants that will be turned into a rug that pays tribute to the Cuban tradition of using old clothes to make new items for the home.

Rappers <3 Miami Art Week

Young Thug performed at The Hole x Wilhelmina x Lyft party at Nautilus (a SIXTY Hotel) on Friday. Rick Ross made an appearance at the 1Oak pop-up, bringing Meek Mill onstage and to perform their new song, What’s Free, and Lil Wayne played at Surf Lodge’s pop-up at the Confidante.

MIAMI, FL - DECEMBER 08: Pharrell Williams performs onstage during the American Express Platinum House At The 1 Hotel South Beach at 1 Hotel South Beach on December 6, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for American Express) for American ExpressGetty

Pharrell Closed Down Platinum House

American Express returned with another stellar concert, this time featuring a performance at the Platinum House at 1 Hotel Miami Beach by Pharrell, who performed all his hits, including Get Lucky and Happy.

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